Improved series of dies for forming king-bolts



ttt-rutV @titille F. B. MORSE, OF PLANTSV'ILLE, CNFNEGTIGUT.

Letters Patent'No, 96,251, dated, October 26, 1869.

IMPRVED SERIES OF DIES FOR FORMINC-i- KIG--BOLTS y The Schedule referredto in these Letters Patent and making paxt of the same To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, F. B. MORSE, of Plantsvill'e, in thecounty of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a newImprovement in Dies for Forging King-Bolts; and I -do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, andthe letters of reference marked thereon, vto be a' full, clear,anflexact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitutepart of this speciiication, and represent, in-

Figure 1, the upper part, and

Figure 2, the lower part of the opening-die.

Figure 3, the upper, and

Figure 4, the lower part of the forming-die,

. Figure 5, the upper, and

Figure 6, the lower part ofthe trimming-die.

Figure 7, the upper, and

Figure 8, the lower part of the die for completing the neck. l

Figure 9, a longitudinal section of the last-named lower die. l

Figure l0, the blank, as prepared for the rst operation.

'Figure 11, as opened bythe first operation.

Figure 12, as from the secondoperation.

Figure 13, after the'neck is formed by thelast operation.

Figure 14, a top view of the bolt complete.

This invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture ofthearticle of carriage-hard ware, known to the trade as king-bolts, and itconsists ina series of dies for forging the said bolts.

The blank, as seen in lig. 10, Vis forged in the usual manner. The headsplit, then heated, is placed into the die A, iig. 2, when the follower,or other part, B, of the die is struck on to it, the central portion a.passing down into the slit and opening the ends, as seen in fig. 11,partially forming the head, then removed to the die O, iig. 4, which isformed so as to spread the head of the bolt and shape the outer surfacesof the two ends above thehead.

Set into this die, the follower or other part, D, is struck on to theblank forming it, as seen in fig.v l2, and spreading the head, asdenoted at d d, tig. 14. Then the bolt is placed into the trimming-dieE, tig. 6, and the follower F struck thereon to cut away the tinfo'rsurplus metal. Then the neck ot' the bolt is formed up to thebrokenline, fig. 13, by means of the dies commonly used for this purpose, orother suitable dies.

To complete the head above that line, the bolt is placed into the die G,tig. 8, which is constructed as seen in g. 9, lso that when thel bolt isplaced therein, a movable part, H, ofthe die is placed in against theneck, to complete the die -around curved part of the neck previouslyformed, so that in the completed die,

that vpart of the neck above the said broken line is formed, the movablepart H permitting the insertion and removal ofthe bolt from the die,when the bolt has thus lbeen placed in the said die. Then the followeror other part, I, of the die lis struck vthereon and the head is nishcd.v

rlhus, by these several operations, the holtjs iinished complete,including the neck.

By preference, I employ the opening-dies, shown in figs. 1 and 2, yetVit will be evident that the dies in figs. 3 and 4 may be employed asthe opening-die, and thus dispense with the opening-die.

In application A, filed in even date herewith, the dies shown in figs.3, 4, 5, and 6, are made the subject of the saidapplication for patent,but in that opera-V tion the neck is not complete.

I claim, as my invention?- lhe series of dies vC D, E F, and G I,constructed .as described, to form king-bolts for carriages.

Witnesses:

A. J. TlBBrrs, J. H. SBUMWAY.

F. B. MORSE.

